11’09”01—September 11

Filmmakers from all over the world provide short films – each of which is eleven minutes, nine seconds, and one frame of film in length – that offer differing perspectives on the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Cast

Ernest Borgnine

as Old Man (segment "USA")

Maryam Karimi

as Teacher (segment "Iran")

Emmanuelle Laborit

as She (segment "France")

Jérôme Horry

as Him (segment "France")

Keren Mor

as Journalist (segment "Israel")

Tomer Russo

as Paramedic (segment "Israel")

Tanvi Azmi

as Talat Hamdani (segment "India")

Kapil Bawa

as Salim Hamdani (segment "India")

Tomorowo Taguchi

as Yukichi Furuhashi (segment "Japan")

Kumiko Aso

as Sae Furuhashi (segment "Japan")

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